Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual - Manual (Page 135)

8–5 Creating Push Buttons
Publication 2711-6.0
Type
Changes the push button type without having to create a new object.
Write
Specifies the type of data to send to controller: Single Bit or Value.
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For Single Bit, the terminal writes to a bit address.
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For Value, the terminal writes to a word address.
Select the format of the data from the Data Format list box. The
data type of the write tag must be compatible with the selected
format for the application to validate.
Use this Format With this Tag Data Type
Signed Integer Signed Integer
4-BCD 4BCD
Binary
Hexadecimal
ns ned Inte er
Octal
Unsigned Integer
or Bit Array
Unsigned Integer
or Bit Array
Contacts
If Single Bit was selected in the Write area, select Normally Open or
Normally Closed contacts for the 2-state push button. Momentary
and latched push buttons have a default initial state of 0.
Select To
Normally Open Send value of 0 when push button is in state 0
and value of 1 when push button is in state 1.
Normally Closed Send value of 1 when push button is in state 0
and value of 0 when push button is state 1.
The Contacts area is dimmed if Value was selected in the Write area.
Initial State
Specifies the initial state of a maintained or multistate push button
and the initial value sent to the write tag address. The value of the
initial state overrides the initial value in the Tag Editor.
Hold Time
Specifies the length of time a momentary push button remains in the
next state after being released. The hold time should exceed the scan
time of the controller to insure that each state change is read by the
controller at least once. Hold time values are: 0, 50, 250, 500, 750 or
1000 milliseconds. The default is 500.